Weekly Overview: Russia, China and Agricultural Trade
GLOBAL - European Union farmers are this week discussing how to overcome the ramifications of the ban on the import of their products by Russia, while losses from African Swine Fever are estimated to have cost Russian pig farmers the equivalent of US$25 million already. Meanwhile, China's growing demand for meat offers trade opportunities for pig meat producers from the US and elsewhere. The question is, will China import pig meat, for example, or the feed ingredients to supply its own pig farmers?
1 September 2014
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